LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN)
Communication Services · Integrated Telecommunications Services · NYSE
Lumen Technologies is a network-as-a-service company undergoing a strategic transformation to support AI-era enterprise connectivity requirements.
What LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC does
Lumen Technologies is a global communications provider that offers integrated network solutions, security, and cloud services to enterprise and wholesale customers. The company is currently undergoing a strategic transformation and modernization plan to simplify its network operations and shift focus toward AI-driven connectivity and fiber-based solutions. It provides infrastructure services, including its Private Connectivity Fabric (PCF) platform, to support complex enterprise digital requirements.
Themes: AI infrastructure, network modernization, enterprise cloud services, digital transformation
Fundamentals
- Price$5.94 as of 2026-08-21 close
- Market cap$6.1B as of 2026-08-21
- 1-year return+37.8% 2025-08-21 close $4.31 → 2026-08-21 close $5.94
- P/En/a negative earnings
- Net margin-8.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+47.8% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE-80.2% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity61.12 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)-7.7% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)-10.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.85 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-08-04 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +0.0%; pays a dividend.
How LUMN compares in its sector
- net profit marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitybottom 25% 132 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRbottom 10% 121 covered Communication Services peers
- indicated dividend yieldbottom 10% 48 covered Communication Services peers, as of 2026-08-24
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 114 covered Communication Services peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Communication Services companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
LUMN is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
10.2 #986 of 987 scored · #25 of 25 in Communication Services
Long-term trend 25th (over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 17.3 percentage points) and financial health 14th (free cash flow margin 7.1%, debt to equity 61.1); weakest is profitability (2nd, return on equity -80.2%, operating margin -2.9%).
Short-term score
34.2 #1577 of 1,704 scored · #62 of 66 in Communication Services
Setup 50th: no Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings; catalysts 49th: open-market insider buys in 90 days 10, the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading; weakest is volume and participation 11th: it gapped 7.7% below the previous close and has not traded back through the level it left behind — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed.
Scores as of 21 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 2.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, LUMN's dividend was covered by reported results (free-cash-flow payout 0%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payoutnot assessable earnings were not positive that year
- Free-cash-flow payout0% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC looks technically
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) is trading 25.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 16 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). It made a new 20-day low about 12 trading days ago. It is 50.3% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 25.5% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -25.5% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $6.88 | $6.88 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $7.98 | $7.98 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 7 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 7 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 6.8. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed below its 200-day average about 16 trading days ago — a "death cross", a bearish long-term signal | 16 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 19, below the 25 that marks a real trend) | 19.1 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 39.7 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($5.76 to $6.87) — its "stochastic" reading is 16 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 16.2 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, is in positive territory (momentum leaning bullish) | 25 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $11.95 | $11.95 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 50.3% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -50.3% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 44.2% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +44.2% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 50.3% below its highest point of the past year | 50.3% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day low about 12 trading days ago | 12 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day low about 12 trading days ago | 12 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $49.94 (set on 2007-06-14) | $49.94 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($4.31 to $11.83), and it has given back well over two thirds of its rise from last year’s low — 78% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $6.94 to $7.18. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 78.3% |
| From the all-time high | it is 88.1% below its all-time high | -88.1% |
| Nearest price level | it is sitting right on a support level at $5.92 — a price it turned at three times since 2024-10-14, most recently on 2026-07-28. Since 2024-08-21 it has 7 such levels below the current price and 9 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -0.4% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $0.7801 (set on 2023-11-02) | $0.7801 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 661.4% above its all-time low | +661.4% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 78% of it) | 22nd percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $0.3681 between its high and its low — about 6.2% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $0.3681 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $5.83 and $6.79 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $5.83 – $6.31 – $6.79 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 6.2% in a typical session — more volatile than most companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 6.2% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 5.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (25.5% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 5.5 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.61× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts' average price target is unchanged from the prior reading | 0.0% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Price gaps
3
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-21 0.7% above the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | +0.7% |
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| Open gap | it gapped 7.7% below the previous close 48 sessions ago and has not traded back through the level it left behind at 9.01 — an "unfilled gap", which describes a price range no trade has since crossed and is not a forecast that it will be crossed | -7.7% |
| Gap filled | a 5.3% gap up opened on 2026-08-07 has been "filled" 1 session ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 9 sessions to close | 1 session ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 2 sessions in a row, a -3.1% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 2 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 14.5 percentage points (the stock lost 12.1% while the market gained 2.3%) | -14.5% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 40.2 percentage points (the stock lost 37.1% while the market gained 3.1%) | -40.2% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 35.2 percentage points (the stock lost 24.1% while the market gained 11.1%) | -35.2% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 17.3 percentage points (the stock gained 37.8% while the market gained 20.5%) | +17.3% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: MACD momentum is positive, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 4 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: a "death cross" — its 50-day average is below its 200-day, trading below its 200-day average, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 4 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 19% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-16 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is thick, spanning 23.6% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | -19.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 24% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $7.85 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 155 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -24.3% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 6% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-08-04 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $6.32 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 14 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -6.0% |
Price levels it has turned at before
LUMN last closed at $5.94 on 2026-08-21. Since 2024-08-21 it has turned at 7 prices below its last close and 9 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $5.92 | Support | 0.4% below the last close | turned there three times · 2024-10-14 to 2026-07-28 |
| $6.11 | Resistance | 2.8% above the last close | turned there four times · 2024-10-23 to 2026-07-17 |
| $6.26 | Resistance | 5.4% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-03-09 to 2026-07-07 |
| $6.37 | Resistance | 7.2% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-14 to 2026-03-30 |
| $5.50 | Support | 7.4% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-02-05 to 2025-09-25 |
| $5.18 | Support | 12.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2024-12-30 to 2025-01-13 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $6.80.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $5.00 and $5.69 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $6.80.
This reading has stood for 1 trading day, since 2026-08-21.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-21.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent death cross (50-day crossed below 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · trendless / choppy (low ADX) · lagging the market · Just filled a gap (5%+ closed in the last week) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-21. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingHold (3.09 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 10 analysts
- Mean price target$7.64 range $5.90 – $9.00; median $7.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-22. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for LUMN
- Consensus EPS estimate-$0.2147 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-22
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Significant revenue and profitability decline associated with legacy services and pricing pressures.","Execution risk regarding ongoing transformation, modernization, and deleveraging strategies.","Intense competition from established telecommunications providers and new, emerging technologies."]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of LUMN's 10-Q filed 2026-05-05 against the prior one filed 2025-10-30.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-05-05) adds explicit reference to 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025' instead of 2024
- Newer filing adds employee count as of March 31, 2026: 'approximately 21,000 employees' (compared to 24,000 as of September 30, 2025 in older filing)
- Newer filing adds section on 'Products and Services' categorizing revenue by customer type (Business and Mass Markets) with Strategic/Legacy and Fiber Broadband/Other Broadband/Voice and Other categories
- Newer filing adds detailed Strategy section with nine specific strategic initiatives including PCF solutions monetization and AI backbone initiative
- Newer filing adds completed divestiture details: 'On February 2, 2026, we completed the Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-Home divestiture in exchange for pre-tax cash proceeds of $5.72 billion'
- Newer filing adds transition services agreement and long-term commercial services arrangements with AT&T related to completed divestiture
- Newer filing adds section on 'Current Business Environment and Macroeconomic Factors' with specific bullet points on revenue mix, inflationary pressures, supply constraints, geopolitical instability (Middle East/Strait of Hormuz), and customer behavior
- Newer filing adds 'Trends Impacting Our Operations' section mentioning automation, digital innovation, legacy decline and margin pressure
- Removed:
- Older filing (2025-10-30) references 'Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024' removed in newer version
- Older filing employee count of 'approximately 24,000 employees' as of September 30, 2025 replaced with 21,000 as of March 31, 2026
- Older filing's 'Planned Divestiture' section language (expecting closure in early 2026 with contingencies) replaced with completed divestiture status
- Older filing's 'Reporting Segments' section describing Business and Mass Markets segments with detailed sales channels removed from newer filing excerpt
- Older filing's categorization of Business segment revenue into Grow/Nurture/Harvest/Other removed in newer filing
- Older filing's detailed Mass Markets product categories (Fiber Broadband/Other Broadband/Voice and Other) removed from newer filing's main MD&A section
- Reworded:
- Opening statement restructured: newer filing leads with MD&A overview purpose and explicitly references forward-looking statements disclaimer placement
- Newer filing adds 'interim results' disclaimers specific to quarterly reporting
- Company description: older filing includes 'unleashing the world's digital potential' and details about network connectivity; newer filing streamlined to core positioning as 'leading digital networking services company'
- Divestiture framing changed from 'Planned Divestiture' (older) to completed '2026 Divestiture' (newer) with actual proceeds of $5.72 billion versus estimated $5.75 billion
- Macroeconomic discussion restructured from 'Macroeconomic Changes' (older) to 'Current Business Environment and Macroeconomic Factors' (newer) with different organization and specific geopolitical references
- Older filing references 'Risk Factors in Item 1A of Part II' while newer filing references 'Part II, Item 1A'
- Newer filing adds specific Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz language not present in older filing
- Notes:
- Comparison is between Q1 2026 filing (newer) and Q3 2025 filing (older), representing different fiscal periods which may explain structural changes
- Older filing appears to be cut off mid-sentence at end of excerpt, so full content of older MD&A section may not be fully captured
- Some differences reflect reporting period changes (quarterly vs. nine-month results) and corresponding disclosure requirements
Risk Factors
- Added:
- Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities (added to table of contents in newer filing)
- Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures (added to table of contents in newer filing)
- Reference to 'completed sale' of Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-Home business (changed from 'agreement to sell')
- Reference to 'wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T Inc.' in transaction description
- Specific listing of 11 states in parentheses: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
- Reference to 'statements regarding federal and state broadband support programs, including their expected impact on competition in our markets'
- Reference to 'implementation of the new enterprise resource planning system'
- Reference to 'initiatives related to artificial intelligence'
- Reference to 'ongoing geopolitical instability, including armed conflicts, tariffs, inflation, sanctions, supply constraints'
- Reference to managing effects on 'network expansion plans, and service delivery'
- Separate bullet point: 'decreased demand for our more mature service offerings' (split from competition bullet)
- Standalone bullet: 'our ability to successfully and timely monetize our network-related assets' (restructured with expanded language on PCF solutions)
- Addition of 'artificial intelligence ("AI")' to regulatory risks bullet
- Reference to 'our dependence on cash flows from our subsidiaries' (added to cash flow bullet)
- Expanded language on AI demand: 'including increased demand for high-speed data transmission services, low-latency connectivity, and scalable infrastructure driven by the growth of AI applications and workloads'
- Reference to 'our ability to fully realize, sustain, and achieve the anticipated benefits from the completed sale' (new standalone bullet)
- Reference to 'our ability to successfully close, integrate, and fully realize the anticipated benefits of the pending acquisition of Alkira, Inc. ("Alkira") and manage associated risk' (new bullet)
- Reference to '2025 debt refinancing transactions, our 2026 exchange offers, consent solicitations and refinancing' (extended timeline)
- Removed:
- Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities (removed from table of contents in older filing)
- Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures (removed from table of contents in older filing)
- 'or press releases' removed from forward-looking statements preamble
- 'and use of proceeds' removed from Item 2 description
- Reference to 'our agreement to sell' changed to 'completed sale'
- Reference to 'Quantum Fiber buildouts' removed from transaction description
- Reference to 'broadband deployment' removed from regulation bullet (replaced with other terms)
- Reference to 'securities repurchase plans' removed from statements bullet
- 'market share' removed from statements about business
- 'and pricing plans' removed from statements bullet
- Phrase 'in each case as described in our prior reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")' removed from divestitures bullet
- Bullet point: 'changes in our operating plans, corporate strategies, or capital allocation plans' (removed)
- Bullet point: 'the impact of any future material acquisitions or divestitures that we may transact, including our pending sale' (removed)
- Bullet point: 'the negative impact of increases in the costs of our pension, healthcare, post-employment, or other benefits' (removed - text truncated)
- Bullet point: 'the impact of events that harm our reputation or brands' (removed - text truncated)
- Phrase 'largely by the growth' changed to 'by the growth' (removed 'largely')
- Reworded:
- Changed from 'our agreement to sell our Mass Markets fiber-to-the-home business' to 'the completed sale of our Mass Markets Fiber-to-the-Home business' - indicates transaction status change
- Changed 'attaining our infrastructure buildout targets' to implicit removal (restructured operating imperatives list)
- 'Private Connectivity Fabric SM' abbreviated to 'PCF' in most references
- Changed 'and use of proceeds' to omission in Item 2 title
- Reordered and restructured several risk factor bullets for emphasis
- Changed description of AI from 'largely by the growth of artificial intelligence ("AI") applications' to 'by the growth of AI applications' (removed 'largely')
- Expanded regulatory risks to explicitly include 'artificial intelligence ("AI")' as a regulatory topic
- Notes:
- Text provided is truncated at end of both filings - full risk factors section may continue beyond provided text
- Page numbering differs between filings (65 vs 64 for Risk Factors item), suggesting content reorganization
- Comparison based on visible text only; complete risk factors section not fully provided in either filing excerpt
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
1 open-market purchase and 0 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 30 days1 buy ($612680) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
- Last 90 days1 buy ($612680) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
- Last 180 days1 buy ($612680) · 0 sells — 1 buying insider
Activity heuristic: net buying (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-08-06. As of 2026-08-25.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about LUMN's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding LUMN as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 230,770,667
- Reported value $1,603,856,131
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 0 new, 3 increased, 3 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
LUMN had 62,423,626 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
LUMN had 6.05% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 5.82 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 62,423,626
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 6.05%
- Prior settlement (shares) 63,476,252
- Reported change -1.66%
- Days to cover (reported) 5.82
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) do?
Lumen Technologies is a global communications provider that offers integrated network solutions, security, and cloud services to enterprise and wholesale customers. The company is currently undergoing a strategic transformation and modernization plan to simplify its network operations and shift focus toward AI-driven connectivity and fiber-based solutions.
What sector is LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) in?
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) is classified in the Communication Services sector. Its industry is Integrated Telecommunications Services. It trades on NYSE.
Does LUMN pay a dividend?
Yes — LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 0.03% (market data, as of 2026-08-24). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC's (LUMN) competitors?
Notable peers of LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) include AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, Charter Communications and Frontier Communications. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) overbought or oversold right now?
LUMEN TECHNOLOGIES INC (LUMN) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 40, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-21). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on LUMN come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-21.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.